How To Create a Strong Unique & Secure Password
Passwords have become an important part of our life. Everything online depends on logging in to different websites and passwords.
Creating a strong password is very crucial so that your account won’t get compromised in near future. Once your primary account is exposed, it is easier to extract information from all the other accounts because what most people do is use the same email address to sign up for multiple websites. For e.g. we use the same Gmail account to create our Netflix, Amazon, LinkedIn, and other accounts.
Do not Use Common Passwords
So it is important to use a strong password for your account. The most common ways your passwords are cracked by these hackers are Dictionary attack, guessing, and online cracking. In simpler terms, these hackers have a list of all commonly used passwords and phrases and they feed the list until something fits. They don’t even have to be some hackers. If someone knows you well enough, they can easily guess your passwords.
List of Most Used Passwords
- password
- 123456
- 12345678
- qwerty
- abc123
- monkey
- 1234567
- letmein
- trustno1
- dragon
- pussy
- 696969
- baseball
- 111111
- iloveyou
- master
- sunshine
- ashley
- bailey
- passw0rd
- shadow
- 123123
- 654321
- superman
- qazwsx
- michael
- football
- marlboro
- scooby
- charles
- junior
- internet
- mike
- brandy
- tennis
- banana
- zxcvbnm
- panther
- redsox
- 7777777
- jaseper
- angel
- david
- winner
- crystal
- golden
- turtle
- redskins
- winston
- giants
- packers
- newyork
- jeremy
- 112233
- gunner
- cocacola
- toyota
- freddy
- rainbow
- 987654
- alexis
- 2112
- xavier
- dolphin
- bond007
- member
- calvin
- topgun
- asdfasdf
- bigboy
- godzilla
- williams
- jessie
- shelby
- chevy
- broncos
- adidas
- elephant
- explorer
- 1313
- christin
- walker
- mustang
- shadow
- jennifer
- superman
- 2000
- fuckme
- fuckyou
- ranger
- trustno1
- lakers
- miller
- mercedes
- yamaha
- butthead
- iwantu
- viking
- prince
- startrek
So if you are one of those people who use, let’s say ‘password‘ or ‘iloveyou’ then you are already on the verge of being hacked. I cannot stress this enough please avoid using these passwords if possible. Check out the full list of commonly used passwords all over the web to see what are all those passwords.
Use Random Password Generators
Creating a strong password is a daunting task especially when most websites these days are a lot of criteria while creating a password. The password must have at least 8 letters, you cannot use your name or email address as a password, your password should contain numbers, your password should contain special characters, you have not used the combination of upper and lower case, and many more.
It is hard to come up with a password like that sometimes. So there are a lot of random password generators online that you can use for free. Password managers like Dashlane, NordPass, or even Avast have their own random password generators online. But the one that I use mostly is passwordgenerator. This one generates a new and unique password each time.
How To Use Random Password Generator?
- Go to passwordgenerator.net.
- There is a range of things you can choose from in order to generate a password.
- You can choose your password length which ranges from 6 to 2048 letters. Yes, you can create a 2048 character password if you are into that.
- You can select if you want to include symbols, numbers, upper and lowers cases, and other special characters.
- Once you select what you want to include in your password, click on ‘Generate Password’
- The site also gives you tips on how you can remember your newly generated password.
Use Phrases and Play With Your Keyboard
Even if you use common phrases or just your name as a password, mix it up and incorporate special characters and numbers to make it more complicated.
Use Phrases With Codes or Acronyms
- To be or not to be, that is the question (- from Shakespeare) You can use this as your password as 2BorNot2B_ThatIsD?
- Humpty Dumpty. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall or HumTDumT_S8OnAW4LL
Replace Alphabets with Similar Looking Number and Symbols
What I mean by this is you can use common words, or even your own name as a password if you replace alphabets with similar-looking numbers and symbols. For e.g. Saul Goodman can be replaced with [email protected].
I replaced S with number 5, o with number 0 and a with @. You can do the same and use the combinations of these symbols and numbers as a replacement for the alphabet.
Use Emoticons
We use emojis daily while we are chatting on Facebook and Instagram but we never think of using emoticons in our passwords. A combination of 101 to 105 keys can be used to create your own unique emoji and it’s totally usable in your password. Just play with your keyboard and use the one you like in your password
For e.g: 8) 8-( 😀 🙂 :s :/ =( :0 ;{ :L
Use Mathematical Equations
Yeah! you read that right. You can use a simple mathematical equation as your password. It will contain all the right ingredients that make a strong password.
For e.g: Seven*Eight=56
Never Share Or Write Down Your Password
It seems like a totally safe and easier way to remember your password by writing it down in your notebook or saving it in your desktop notepad. You don’t even want to share your password with your friends or colleagues or anyone for that matter.
If you are the one who cannot remember any of your passwords no matter what, you can use online password manager tools that are free. This will eliminate all the hassle to remember passwords for all the websites that you use.
Hope you will implement all these tips to create your own strong, long, memorable passwords. [email protected]:) (You too can create a password)
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